Massive stars and their large-separation low-mass companions in Sco OB1
Abstract
Exploring the low-mass end of the companion mass function around massive stars is of crucial importance to constrain massive star formation theories. We present a high-contrast imaging study of 20 O- and early B-type stars in the Scorpius OB1 association. From the analysis of VLT/SPHERE data, we identify a total of 789 sources. The data probe the brown dwarf regime around massive stars, resulting in the discovery of large-separation multiple systems with mass-ratios as low as 0.001 (comparable to Jupiter-Sun mass-ratio).
- Publication:
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IAU Symposium
- Pub Date:
- 2024
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921322002745
- Bibcode:
- 2024IAUS..361..326P
- Keywords:
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- stars: early-type;
- stars: low-mass;
- brown dwarfs;
- binaries: general;
- stars: formation